4 must read tech stories -- AI treating stroke victims & the biggest players in visual search

AI is being used in healthcare to help stroke victims
Wired

Someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds -- each successive minute is crucial to the victim’s recovery and wellbeing. Artificial intelligence is being used to help in this race against time by automatically analysing brain scans. This is just one amazing example of how AI can make healthcare more efficient and powerful. Read more

5 ways AR can enhance the supply chain
Fortune

Augmented reality is poised to transform supply chains processes. For instance, it can be used in warehouses to navigate workers to the items they need -- saving time and training costs. From delivery to maintenance and procurement, Fortune outlines five ways AR will transform business efficiency. Read more

Universal visual search -- the next step for computing
Forbes

Visual search could represent the future of computing. Powered by computer vision and augmented reality, it uses location-awareness to overlay data onto places or objects in the physical world. Forbes gives an overview of the key players driving this tech, including Blippar’s achievements in object and city-scale recognition. Read more

The Next Mobile Decade
Adobe

Adobe surveyed 500 marketers and IT professionals to gain insight into how mobile strategy will change over the next 10 years. They ranked AI and AR as crucial technologies to improving the mobile experience, along with virtual reality, mixed reality and location-based marketing. See Adobe’s report for more detail on how mobile strategy is set to evolve. Read more